Zach McAllister -- Called up from Columbus and put into the rotation at mid-season last year, and had his moments -- but didn't we all?

Brett Myers -- Will try to do what Derek Lowe couldn't do in the rotation last year: avoid being released.

Chris Perez -- As long as his saves exceed his rants, everyone's happy.

Vinnie Pestano -- Closer-in-waiting.

Danny Salazar -- Power arm, could be a darkhorse to earn a bullpen spot sometime in 2013.

Bryan Shaw -- Was 1-6 with Arizona last year, so he should fit in just fine.

Joe Smith -- Sensational combination of most eye-catching stats by an anonymous name.

Josh Tomlin -- Will miss most if not all of this season while rehabbing from Tommy John surgery.

Blake Wood -- Will miss the first half of this season while rehabbing from Tommy John surgery. Is it a bad sign for the Indians that the most mentioned pitcher in this summary of their pitchers is Tommy John?

CATCHERS

Yan Gomes -- First Brazilian born player to make it to the major leagues. So the Indians have that going for them.

Lou Marson -- Has gone two years, 109 games and 374 plate appearances since his last home run. Not that anyone's counting, or anything.

Carlos Santana -- Roughly one-third of his 1,459 career plate appearances have resulted in a strikeout, a walk, or a home run.

INFIELDERS

Mike Aviles -- Utilityman who can play anywhere. Not at the same time, of course.

Asdrubal Cabrera -- The Indians' best player, and also the most likely to be traded, should the season jump the track.

Lonnie Chisenhall -- Needs to take the third base job and run with it, or the Matt LaPorta comparisons may creep onto the horizon.

Juan Diaz -- In an organization bursting at the seams with top shortstop prospects, he's probably only No. 4 or 5.

Jason Kipnis -- Terry Francona, meet your new Dustin Pedroia.

Mike McDade -- Switch-hitting 23-year-old minor league first baseman, who has a history of hitting: 16 or more homers in each of the last four years.

Chris McGuiness -- Rule 5 draftee, and another first baseman with a history of hitting. Indians must keep him on the 25-man major league roster all year or offer him back to Texas.

Cord Phelps -- Fading prospect. You get the feeling the Tribe is close to pulling the plug on Cord.

Mark Reynolds -- Mr. Feast of Famine: Over the last five years almost half of his at bats have ended in either a home run (164) or a strikeout (993).

OUTFIELDERS

Michael Brantley -- Terry Francona likes him a lot, probably because he sees himself: Brantley's first four years in the majors: a .274 batting average, .329 on-base percentage, .376 slugging percentage, and .705 OPS (on base plus slugging). Francona's first four years as a player: a .300 batting average, .324 on-base, .384 slugging, and .708 OPS.

Ezequiel Carrera -- He's out of minor league options, so he either makes the team or hopes to get claimed on waivers by another one.

Tim Fedroff -- Five years in the minors, hit .300 almost everywhere. Why not look at him?

Drew Stubbs -- Has power, speed, a great glove in centerfield, and alarming strikeout totals. Hey, three out of four ain't bad.

Nick Swisher -- The Four Years $56 Million Man. No wonder he never stops smiling.

Michael Jordan turns 50 this week, and Antawn Jamison said he thinks Jordan could probably still play in the NBA. "I wouldn't doubt that in the right situation," Jamison told ESPNLos Angeles.com, "with a LeBron or Kobe on his team, he could get you about 10 or 11 points and play 15 or 20 minutes."

That's all?

I don't like to brag, but I think if LeBron was on my team I, or anyone else in the country who is reasonably ambulatory, could get you 10 or 11 points. I mean, most of us could make five layups. The hard part would be for LeBron to get us the ball while he's being quintuple-teamed.

Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden, whose quarterback rating last season was 35th out of 36 ranked players, says he welcomes competition for the starting job next season.

What did you expect him to say, "I can't believe I'm almost 30 years old, have only been in the league one year, never really figured out that offense we ran last year, and now I'm going to have to learn another offense, from a bunch of coaches that I don't know and they don't know me"?

By the way, I missed it. Where did the Browns rank on National Signing Day?

How about if we propose a national one-week moratorium on analyzing the Los Angeles Lakers? Enough already.

ESPN, in particular, finds it impossible to have any NBA discussion without launching into a long-winded examination of what's wrong with the Lakers. Yo, guys. Here's what's wrong with the Lakers: everything. It's a train wreck, Ok?